IBA Species Data for Springbrook State Recreation and Wildlife Area

These two tables show the data collected on criteria species and species concentrations as defined by the IBA technical committee. The data comes from the original IBA data collection process, Iowa Seasonal Field Reports, and the recent Breeding Bird Atlas project (2008-2012).

Criteria Species

SpeciesDateNumberBreeding StatusComments
Bald Eagle5/2/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle1/22/20251  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/17/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/17/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle10/21/20242  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle4/8/20231  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Bald Eagle12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Red-shouldered Hawk5/20/20171  Vocal "keeyah" calls from wooded ravines on east side of park. CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk5/24/20251  CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk4/21/20221  CHECKLIST
Broad-winged Hawk7/8/20081 
Broad-winged Hawk8/8/20051PO-H juvenile (1st-cycle); BWHAs may have summered or nested in the Springbrook area, although none were found there during a June IBA survey
Pileated Woodpecker12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker12/14/20221  CHECKLIST
Pileated Woodpecker5/4/20121 
Pileated Woodpecker2/15/20121 
Peregrine Falcon9/26/20201 
Wood Thrush5/24/20252  CHECKLIST
Wood Thrush8/2/20051PR-T
Wood Thrush8/2/20051PR-T singing, territorial bird (also found in June)
Wood Thrush6/21/20052PO-X
Wood Thrush6/21/20052PO-X singing
Cerulean Warbler5/13/20081 
Cerulean Warbler7/9/20051PR-T
Cerulean Warbler7/9/20051PR-T with Steve Dinsmore
Cerulean Warbler6/21/20052PO-X
Cerulean Warbler6/21/20052PO-X at least 2 on territory; singing in big cottonwoods near Springbrook Creek; I wonder where else this species is summering along the Raccoon River corridor

Species Concentrations

No records found
Iowa Audubon

Birds of Iowa

  • Eastern Towhee
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  • Fox Sparrow
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  • Blue Jay
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  • Yellow-breasted Chat
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  • Least Sandpiper
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  • Tree Swallow
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  • Northern Shoveler
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  • House Finch
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  • Eastern Kingbird
    © Doug Harr
  • Northern Pintail
    © Doug Harr
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
    © Doug Harr
  • Pine Siskin
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  • Song Sparrow
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  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
    © Doug Harr
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
    © Doug Harr
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
    © Doug Harr
  • American Bittern
    © Doug Harr
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
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  • Northern Cardinal
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  • Cedar Waxwing
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  • Lesser Scaup
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  • Barred Owl
    © Doug Harr
  • Downy Woodpecker
    © Doug Harr
  • Pied-billed Grebe
    © Doug Harr
  • Red-eyed Vireo
    © Doug Harr
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    © Doug Harr
  • Eastern Bluebird
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  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
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  • Northern House Wren
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  • Sora
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  • Ring-necked Pheasant
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  • Indigo Bunting
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  • Mourning Dove
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  • Mississippi Kite
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  • Tufted Titmouse
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  • American Redstart
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  • Yellow Warbler
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  • Common Yellowthroat
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  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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  • Merlin
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  • Scarlet Tanager
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  • Common Gallinule
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  • Ring-billed Gull
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  • Western Meadowlark
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  • Prairie Warbler
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  • Lark Sparrow
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  • Gray Partridge
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  • White-breasted Nuthatch
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  • Hermit Thrush
    © Doug Harr
  • Winter Wren
    © Doug Harr
  • Black-billed Magpie
    © Doug Harr
  • Great Blue Heron
    © Doug Harr
  • American Goldfinch
    © Doug Harr
  • Common Nighthawk
    © Doug Harr
  • Turkey Vulture
    © Doug Harr
  • American White Pelican
    © Doug Harr
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
    © Doug Harr
  • Pine Warbler
    © Doug Harr
  • Trumpeter Swan
    © Doug Harr
  • Blue-winged Teal
    © Doug Harr
  • Dickcissel
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  • Broad-winged Hawk
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  • Belted Kingfisher
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